Lucasfilm Announces Novel Revealing Leia’s Jedi Origins

Overview

• Lucasfilm unveiled Star Wars: Twin Crossroads by Beth Revis at its San Diego Comic-Con publishing panel, and the book follows Luke and Leia on a mission to Coruscant that promises to unearth old Jedi secrets and the legacy of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala.
• The novel’s description frames Luke as an uncertain teacher who doubts his ability to train others and shows Leia wrestling with whether the Jedi life is the right path for her.
• Madeleine Roux’s recently published Star Wars: Legacy is being highlighted alongside Twin Crossroads for filling sequel-era gaps by depicting Leia mentoring Rey and including a scene with Rey and Anakin Skywalker’s Force Ghost.
• Lucasfilm Publishing is deliberately using tie-in novels to connect and clarify plot threads left unresolved by the sequel films while several live-action sequel projects remain stalled.
• Twin Crossroads is slated for April 2027 as part of Star Wars’ 50th anniversary program, a timing that lets prose explore settings and character moments that current live-action plans cannot readily revisit.